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Friday, April 19th, 2024
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Bible Encyclopedias
Betharan
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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A city of the Amorrhites in the valley-plain east of the Jordan, about twelve miles from Jericho (Numbers 32:36; Joshua 13:27). It was rebuilt by the tribe of Gad and later fortified by , who named it Livias in honor of the wife of Augustus. As she was later called Julia, Josephus speaks of the city as Julias. Having been burnt at the fall of Jerusalem, it was restored by the Christians and became a bishopric. The site is identified by some with Tell el Rameh, six miles east of the Jordan, by others with Beit Harran.
Sources
HEIDET in VIG., Dict. de la Bible; RIESS, Bibel-Allas (2nd ed., 1887); MERRILL, East of the Jordan, 383.
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Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Betharan'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/betharan.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Betharan'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/betharan.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
